David Christensen <[email protected]> wrote: > On 5/25/26 06:03, Chris Green wrote: > > My ThinkPad T470 is beginning to show its age I think. It's had a > > replacement keyboard and a replacement screen in the last couple of > > years and now (see other thread) one of its disk drives has failed. > > > > So I'm thinking about what I might replace it with. > > > > I've gone through quite a few ThinkPads, started with a couple of > > X201s, a T430 then the T470. My wife now has an X13 which is quite > > nice. > > > > My eyes are ageing so a slightly bigger screen might not go amiss, > > I'll go for refurbished as usual (can't afford a new computer), > > budget is probably in the £200 to £400 sort of area. > > > > So, what's good for Debian/Linux in the newer ThinkPad models? Are > > T15/P15 OK, will Debian cope well with the Nvidia graphics on the P15 > > series? ThinkPad P15v seem remerkably cheap compared with others, is > > there some issue with them? > > > > Are there any other reliable laptops that work well with Debian (e.g. > > Dell models)? > > > I agree with other readers that replacing the failing second disk drive > would be the simplest and lowest cost option. > > > STFW "ThinkPad T470": > > https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/p/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpadt/thinkpad-t470/22tp2tt4700#tech_specs > > https://pcsupport.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-t-series-laptops/thinkpad-t470/20hd/document-userguide > > > > That should be sufficient for a Debian daily driver. I am curious -- > how did you install a second disk drive? > It's an M2 format SATA disk installed in the M2 WiFi slot, it's a 2242 size one. Simple installation, basically remove the bottom panel, plug it in and it works.
> > Do you have a workload that requires more processor, memory, storage, > graphics, whatever? > Larger brighter screen is probably all I'd like/need. The T470 is plenty fast enough. > > Looking at eBay, there are many used ~17" laptops available within your > price range, but only a few refurbished. At that size, it should be > possible to find one that supports two or more drives. I own and > recommend Dell computers. Debian GNU/Linux and FreeBSD work without > significant issues. Lenovo seems to be another good choice. HP seems > to have incompatibilities, even with Windows. I have little recent > experience with other laptop manufacturers. > OK, thanks for the ideas. -- Chris Green ·
